Job 31
Nova Bíblia Viva
1“Quando era jovem, fiz um trato com Deus. Nunca olharia para uma mulher com intenções impuras em meu coração;
2pois se o fizesse, qual seria a porção que eu receberia de Deus lá de cima? Que herança Deus me daria, e como me abençoaria o Todo-poderoso, lá dos céus?
3Eu sei que Deus tem um castigo reservado para os que vivem em pecado, e desgraça para os que praticam o mal.
4Afinal, Deus conhece perfeitamente os meus caminhos e conhece todos os meus passos.
5“Se por acaso eu menti ou tenho sido falso, ou enganei alguém,
6que Deus me pese em uma balança justa. Ele sabe que não tenho culpa.
7Se andei fora do caminho, se meu coração desejou com intenções impuras o que meus olhos viram, ou se minhas mãos se contaminaram,
8desejo que outros comam o que eu plantei, e que as minhas plantações sejam arrancadas pelas raízes.
9“Se meu coração foi seduzido por uma mulher, ou se fiquei escondido na porta dela,
10que minha esposa se torne escrava de outro, e que outros durmam com ela.
11Isso seria um castigo justo para um crime vergonhoso, digno de ser julgado num tribunal.
12Sim, esse forte desejo sexual é um fogo que arde dentro do homem e pode até destruir sua vida, acabar com tudo que tem.
13“Se eu fui injusto com meus servos e servas quando reclamavam contra mim,
14que farei quando Deus me confrontar? O que eu lhe direi quando ele me chamar para prestar contas?
15Afinal, o mesmo Deus que me criou não os criou também? Não foi ele que deu vida tanto a mim como a eles?
16“Se explorei os pobres, guardando o alimento para vender mais caro na época do preço alto, se fiz viúvas chorarem,
17se comi meu pão sozinho sem compartilhá-lo com o órfão,
18— a verdade é que desde a minha mocidade eu cuidei do órfão como se fosse seu pai e desde o nascimento ajudei a viúva —
19se vi alguém morrendo de frio por falta de agasalho, ou um necessitado que não tinha com que se cobrir,
20se o pobre não me abençoou porque não aqueceu as suas costas com a lã das minhas ovelhas,
21e se levantei a mão contra o órfão por ser amigo das autoridades no tribunal,
22então quero que meu ombro se desloque, meu braço saia do lugar e assim eu fique aleijado para sempre.
23Isso ainda seria melhor do que enfrentar o julgamento divino, pois eu não seria capaz de enfrentar a grandeza e o poder de Deus.
24“Se eu coloquei minha esperança no ouro e disse ao ouro puro: Você é a minha garantia,
25se me considerei seguro por ter grande riqueza, e por minhas mãos ter ganho muito,
26se olhei para o sol quando resplandecia ou para a lua, quando se movia gloriosa,
27e me deixei enganar em segredo, adorando um ou outro, e jogando beijos com a mão para o céu,
28isso também seria julgado como pecado, merecedor de condenação, porque eu estaria sendo infiel a Deus, que está nas alturas.
29“Se eu me alegrei com a desgraça do meu inimigo, ou se os seus problemas me deram prazer,
30— coisa que eu absolutamente nunca fiz, lançando maldição sobre ele —
31se os que moram em minha casa nunca disseram: ‘Quem não se fartou de carne provida por Jó?’
32— nenhum estrangeiro passou a noite na rua, pois a minha porta sempre esteve aberta ao viajante —
33se escondi o meu pecado como outros fazem, tentando esconder de Deus a minha culpa, e
34por ter medo de ser descoberto pelos vizinhos e ser desprezado pelos familiares, me calei e não saí de casa …
35“Ah, quem dera que alguém se importasse em me ouvir! Eis a minha defesa. Que o Todo-poderoso me responda; que o meu adversário escreva a sua acusação;
36certamente a levaria sobre os meus ombros, e a usaria como coroa.
37Então eu diria a Deus tudo o que fiz, com a dignidade que eu tinha antes e perdi.
38“Se a minha terra se queixar contra mim e os seus sulcos se molharem de lágrimas,
39se comi dos seus frutos sem nada pagar, ou se causei morte aos seus donos,
40que ela passe a produzir espinhos em lugar de trigo e ervas daninhas em lugar de cevada”. Assim, Jó terminou a sua defesa.
Reina-Valera 1909
1HICE pacto con mis ojos: ¿cómo pues había yo de pensar en virgen?
2Porque ¿qué galardón me daría de arriba Dios, y qué heredad el Omnipotente de las alturas?
3¿No hay quebrantamiento para el impío, y extrañamiento para los que obran iniquidad?
4¿No ve él mis caminos, y cuenta todos mis pasos?
5Si anduve con mentira, y si mi pie se apresuró á engaño,
6Péseme Dios en balanzas de justicia, y conocerá mi integridad.
7Si mis pasos se apartaron del camino, y si mi corazón se fué tras mis ojos, y si algo se apegó á mis manos,
8Siembre yo, y otro coma, y mis verduras sean arrancadas.
9Si fué mi corazón engañado acerca de mujer, y si estuve acechando á la puerta de mi prójimo:
10Muela para otro mi mujer, y sobre ella otros se encorven.
11Porque es maldad é iniquidad, que han de castigar los jueces.
12Porque es fuego que devoraría hasta el sepulcro, y desarraigaría toda mi hacienda.
13Si hubiera tenido en poco el derecho de mi siervo y de mi sierva, cuando ellos pleitearan conmigo,
14¿Qué haría yo cuando Dios se levantase? y cuando él visitara, ¿qué le respondería yo?
15El que en el vientre me hizo á mí, ¿no lo hizo á él? ¿y no nos dispuso uno mismo en la matriz?
16Si estorbé el contento de los pobres, é hice desfallecer los ojos de la viuda;
17Y si comí mi bocado solo, y no comió de él el huérfano;
18(Porque desde mi mocedad creció conmigo como con padre, y desde el vientre de mi madre fuí guía de la viuda;)
19Si he visto que pereciera alguno sin vestido, y al menesteroso sin cobertura;
20Si no me bendijeron sus lomos, y del vellón de mis ovejas se calentaron;
21Si alcé contra el huérfano mi mano, aunque viese que me ayudarían en la puerta;
22Mi espalda se caiga de mi hombro, y mi brazo sea quebrado de mi canilla.
23Porque temí el castigo de Dios, contra cuya alteza yo no tendría poder.
24Si puse en oro mi esperanza, y dije al oro: Mi confianza eres tú;
25Si me alegré de que mi hacienda se multiplicase, y de que mi mano hallase mucho;
26Si he mirado al sol cuando resplandecía, y á la luna cuando iba hermosa,
27Y mi corazón se engañó en secreto, y mi boca besó mi mano:
28Esto también fuera maldad juzgada; porque habría negado al Dios soberano.
29Si me alegré en el quebrantamiento del que me aborrecía, y me regocijé cuando le halló el mal;
30(Que ni aun entregué al pecado mi paladar, pidiendo maldición para su alma;)
31Cuando mis domésticos decían: ¡Quién nos diese de su carne! nunca nos hartaríamos.
32El extranjero no tenía fuera la noche; mis puertas abría al caminante.
33Si encubrí, como los hombres mis prevaricaciones, escondiendo en mi seno mi iniquidad;
34Porque quebrantaba á la gran multitud, y el menosprecio de las familias me atemorizó, y callé, y no salí de mi puerta:
35¡Quién me diera quien me oyese! He aquí mi impresión es que el Omnipotente testificaría por mí, aunque mi adversario me hiciera el proceso.
36Ciertamente yo lo llevaría sobre mi hombro, y me lo ataría en lugar de corona.
37Yo le contaría el número de mis pasos, y como príncipe me llegaría á él.
38Si mi tierra clama contra mí, y lloran todos sus surcos;
39Si comí su sustancia sin dinero, ó afligí el alma de sus dueños;
40En lugar de trigo me nazcan abrojos, y espinas en lugar de cebada. Acábanse las palabras de Job.
King James Version
1I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
2For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
3Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?
4Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?
5If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
6Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.
7If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;
8Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.
9If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door;
10Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
11For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
12For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
13If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
14What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
15Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
16If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
17Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
18(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother’s womb;)
19If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
20If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
22Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
23For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
24If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
25If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
26If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
27And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
28This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.
29If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:
30Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
31If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
32The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.
33If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:
34Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?
35Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.
36Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
37I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.
38If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;
39If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
40Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
World English Bible
1“I made a covenant with my eyes; how then should I look lustfully at a young woman?
2For what is the portion from God above, and the heritage from the Almighty on high?
3Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, and disaster to the workers of iniquity?
4Doesn’t he see my ways, and count all my steps?
5“If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot has hurried to deceit
6(let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity);
7if my step has turned out of the way, if my heart walked after my eyes, if any defilement has stuck to my hands,
8then let me sow, and let another eat. Yes, let the produce of my field be rooted out.
9“If my heart has been enticed to a woman, and I have laid wait at my neighbor’s door,
10then let my wife grind for another, and let others sleep with her.
11For that would be a heinous crime. Yes, it would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges,
12for it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase.
13“If I have despised the cause of my male servant or of my female servant, when they contended with me,
14what then will I do when God rises up? When he visits, what will I answer him?
15Didn’t he who made me in the womb make him? Didn’t one fashion us in the womb?
16“If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
17or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it
18(no, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, I have guided her from my mother’s womb);
19if I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or that the needy had no covering;
20if his heart hasn’t blessed me, if he hasn’t been warmed with my sheep’s fleece;
21if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate;
22then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder blade, and my arm be broken from the bone.
23For calamity from God is a terror to me. Because of his majesty, I can do nothing.
24“If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, ‘You are my confidence;’
25If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;
26if I have seen the sun when it shined, or the moon moving in splendor,
27and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth;
28this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges, for I would have denied the God who is above.
29“If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him
30(I have certainly not allowed my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse);
31if the men of my tent have not said, ‘Who can find one who has not been filled with his meat?’
32(the foreigner has not camped in the street, but I have opened my doors to the traveler);
33if like Adam I have covered my transgressions, by hiding my iniquity in my heart,
34because I feared the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and didn’t go out of the door—
35oh that I had one to hear me! Behold, here is my signature! Let the Almighty answer me! Let the accuser write my indictment!
36Surely I would carry it on my shoulder, and I would bind it to me as a crown.
37I would declare to him the number of my steps. I would go near to him like a prince.
38If my land cries out against me, and its furrows weep together;
39if I have eaten its fruits without money, or have caused its owners to lose their life,
40let briers grow instead of wheat, and stinkweed instead of barley.” The words of Job are ended.